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Locality Name:
Lampazos De Naranjo Municipality, Nuevo Leon, Mexico


mindat Locality ID: 22221
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22221.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lampazos De Naranjo Municipality, Nuevo Leon, Mexico": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Carrizal
El Carrizal
La Fraternal
Lampazos De Naranjo (Lampazos)
Sierra Del Carrizal

Latitude: 27°0'59"N
Longitude: 100°30'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.016388888889,-100.51611111111

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteBaryteCalciteCarminiteCorundumDiasporeMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
RocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Aurichalcite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Carminite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Legrandite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6183709919
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)18370911547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18370927770
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2183709178
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18370924243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1837097437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O318370914640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1837071689
Legrandite  (*)NoneZn2(AsO4)(OH)·H2O18370920
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O418371214899
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1837091107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21837055800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218370939462
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1837096417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)483703,83709,83710,837122473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18370921482



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